Aljazeera Source Apr 2, 2024 #Palestine #Gaza #Israel
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has demanded “full accountability” over the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom in Gaza.
But Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and a senator for New South Wales told Al Jazeera the Australian government has not done enough to criticise Israel’s war on Gaza.
“Israel is committing war crime after war crime in broad daylight and is getting away with it,” she said. “Zomi was an Australian aid worker, like other aid workers, who are putting their lives on the line to feed the children that are being starved by Israel [and] are being killed,” Faruqi added.
“This is completely heartbreaking and devastating,” she continued.
Faruqi said Albanese’s statement was “the bare minimum”, and called for concrete actions such as demanding a permanent ceasefire, backing South Africa’s genocide case at the International Court of Justice, placing sanctions on the Israeli war cabinet and stopping all arms trade with Israel.
“These are things that we do when other war crimes happen,” she noted.
“Nowhere is safe in Gaza under Israel’s genocide attacks and yet and yet we have seen Western governments call Israel a friend and … continue on business as usual with Israel while these war crimes and more atrocities are going ahead.”
